Chocolate for food technologists and engineers
From raw materials to tempering and enrobing
The inaugural Foodlab Academy course: industrial chocolate production, led by Haim Palgi, former chief chocolate technologist at Strauss-Elite confectionery.
This course is taught in Hebrew.
📅 26 Feb – 12 Mar 2026 📍 Foodlab, Yakum 🧪 Hands-on in pairs
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This is not a classroom. It is a lab.
Background
Chocolate is the physics of fat, the chemistry of sugar and protein, and the mechanics of particles. Those who understand why chocolate behaves the way it does can solve bloom, viscosity and tempering problems instead of guessing.
The course combined theory with hands-on production in a ball mill, tempering, moulding and enrobing, in a group of ten.
What will you learn?
What the course covered
- Raw materials and production methods. Chocolate raw materials and how it is made.
- Chocolate physics and chemistry. Conching, fat crystallization and tempering, explained.
- Ball mill. Hands-on chocolate making in a ball mill.
- Tempering and moulding. Tempering practice, bars and composite bars.
- Enrober and coating. Enrobing and coating different products.
- Industry challenges. Open discussion: food safety, raw-material costs and more.
Plan. Develop. Make. Taste.
When, where and how
- Dates
- 26 Feb – 12 Mar 2026
- Hours
- 16:00–19:00
- Sessions
- 2 sessions
- Location
- Foodlab, Yakum
- Participants
- 10 participants
Short optional preparatory material is sent before the course.
Haim Palgi
Former chief chocolate technologist, Strauss-Elite confectionery
Decades in industrial chocolate production: raw materials, conching, tempering and solving quality problems on the line.
Who is it for?
Food technologists and engineers
In confectionery, bakery and ice cream.
Product developers
Working with coatings and chocolate as an ingredient.
Production and quality managers
Solving bloom, viscosity and tempering problems.
Entrepreneurs
Building a chocolate or confectionery brand.
Frequently asked
When is the next cycle?
Not set yet. Join the waiting list and you will hear first.
Are the materials kosher?
Yes.
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